agreement
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 247 U.S. 385 - Philippine Sugar Estates Development Co v. Government of Philippine Islands · 1918Most cited · 242 citing opinions
deeds and instruments conveying real estate, and wills as well as contracts between parties.
How the Supreme Court has restated “agreement”
Each Supreme Court definition of “agreement,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.
How often courts cite the cases defining “agreement”
Court decisions citing the 4 opinions that defined “agreement” — 353 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 4 definitions, chronological · 1819–1918
- ORIGINAL
the consideration upon which the promise is founded, and that, therefore, it is necessary the consideration should be expressed upon the face of the written memorandum.
If an agreement means the mutual consent of the parties to a given proposition, this was an agreement between these States for the transfer of these counties on the condition named.
interstate
deeds and wills, as well as contracts between parties.